Article by Leonardo IuffridaTranslation by Alessandro MancarellaPhotos by GQItalia.it

During the festivities every family gathers under the same roof varied people, who share the same blood, but usually different characters or style. So the male fashion creates “custom-made” clothes for each human typology.For the traditionalist, who looks for the old black and white movies’ charm, there are Dunhill, Ermenegildo Zegna, Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli and Tommy Hilfiger.For the rearing young, who comes from the big city, it will be enough to choose a formal suit to go with an immaculate and fully buttoned shirt as shown by Givenchy and Gazzarrini. Or with a simple low-necked t-shirt as seen at Emporio Armani and Neil Barrett’s fashion shows.For the sportsman, who doesn’t want to part with a ski run to greet the New Year’s dawn, there are Emporio Armani and D&G with snow boots and moonboots.For the man with a bohemian soul it is better to slink into Paul Smith’s wardrobe, which is rich of old-fashioned bowler hats.For the eccentric one there are Lanvin and Tim Hamilton’s precious suits, which revisit the classic ones with technical fabrics and gemstones.For the one who doesn’t believe in bad luck it is irresistible Gucci’s bold violet.For the rocker it comes in aid Bespoken with a grunge jacket and a wide hat.For the guy who doesn’t want to loose his own identity there is Band of Outsiders that let him keep cap and gloves with street reminiscences.And for the man who doesn’t like to be constricted in a blazer the most elegant outfits are those of Perry Ellis, Viktor & Rolf and Michael Bastian.

After having crossed the clouds that the Scottish designer Christopher Kane buoyed on the t-shirts of the collection holiday 2009, now he gifts the whole universe to men and women for the next summer 2011. As Peter Pilotto for the brand Kipling, that disseminated the fabric of luminescent pulsars, giving the idea that in their bags everything can be contained in an unlimited and endless space.Object of desire studied and adored for millennia, the celestial vault is finally accomplishable even thanks to the mysterious galactic grounds of Barry Underwood’s shots and Carles Rodrigo’s bonfire of sparkling stars. These two photographers are able to carry us away without hesitations towards the ether. Perhaps encouraged by “Into the Clouds” of The Sound Of Arrows and then guided by the cosmic nymphs of “Bluish” by Animal Collective or “Sweet Disposition” by Temper Trap, that projects us in a sidereal corridor.In these nights still under the influence of the Christmas magic, I am going to close dedicating you all these Yeats’ words:

He wishes for the cloths of heaven

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half-light,I would spread the cloths under your feet:But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.-William Butler Yeats -